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mw-fsbbbbbsfma ______Â«^_______________=&. seyemt m s permttba ju ecorber w hunt for the best . â€”^ published wee l price 15 cents volume 46 hamilton bermuda saturday may 2 1970 no legal experts house scrutinize criminal justice act a-7*r.?iai____wm^m â– â– afsi isw li 3a^v . * i | u--u_)if ilypli hffl^jflm jjjirfir â„¢â„¢ "â„¢- _________ l_i y r"|_____*i â– t^^h v t m pi ii ww '* nb dlmteih^tifl i^mh shl!j i ft / iy 1 fcau jfelm ehfc - mmb^^^^^^-wm wwma wwaje j^b mb____________^z2 k x n m>i^'^aw^^^^^am^ww\wwwwwww\ww : â– 'â– *< *** _____________________ ajjjjp â– *Â¥â€¢Â»... -: . ttf ir a a x-l-wxt-xsmmxmmxx s vmawitm * asap 1 . , ir uiul^^mkitt fl________s______n â– â– â– â– < jw"^^b h^^b x,^_______________________w wmasmwmc ' Â»â– ' | *" 1 ' â– : h|(ik |^^^^â„¢ w p'w'li h iftw ph^bbmi ji ' ll_l_______t^^i^^e^^^hi bf wr f imyw^^^^b hk^b h '!â€¢? k 'â– â€¢ wf xx-x-x-w-xx-z m >^ | m | 1 p^^-^bb bbh/i^^h a g|^^^^^^^^jmsmt spotlight on education in by v f scott one of the comments which i heard on th9 public address delivered recently by sir henry tucker cast doubt on the accuracy of the statement that much had been done by tha government in the areas of education and sports there is no doubt whatever that those two nreas of govern ment responsibility have been denied tlm attention and interest line com-b j/.cns ill rl.llllr'-llollb criminal lawyers of the house of assembly gave a detailed examination of bermuda's criminal justice act during the debate on the amendments to be made at one point in the discussion one felt that they were witness to a lawyers conven tion as one after another the various legal minds subjected the entire code to a thoroug ii^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^b over a three years earlier that is iu 196:1 government had decided to make loaus avail able to bermudians who need ed help jn order to begin or to complete professional studies iu such areas as medicine law and dentistry further she felt that the whole practice of preventive detention was made ineffi ti\v ly by the practice of whip ping rather mrs browne evans believe.l that it was more important to show to the person concerned that th authorities were more interest ed iu liberalizing the law that they were not looking for revenge but rather sincerely trying to help i with education in particular over a long period was an indication of the inattention and disinterest manifested by government [ myself have been considered to be an educational eni.e the bill was introduced bv the hon david wilkinson who proceeded to elaborate upon tbe many changes which in his opinion he felt to be rather encouraging he explained that many of the proposed amend ments were being put forward in order to bring bermuda criminal code in line with that of the urited kingdom 4 cp to the present time as many as t_7t students have re ceived such loans whieh are made free from interest and which carry no particular time limit for repayment this is not the case iu all countries where loan schemes are iu operation this was the scene during the early hours of wednesday morning after the car driven by cecil robinson had bounced off the kerb into a wall finally coming to rest upside down in the church yard in warwick the accident occurred when one of the rear tyres of mr robinson's the inattention and dis interest were much more pro nounced in sport but ifs edu cation is the more important of the two services much more was said on that subject how much truth is there in the government leader's statement .' car was punctured mr robin on was unhurt son of st as speaker paul a.m at 100th a i not far enough opposition p.l.p leader mrs lois browne-evans her self a criminal lawyer felt that the changes did not ga tar enough she explained that bermuda now had a new con stitution which provided guide lines against t ruelty to per sons however she stated wc are leaving in certain codes in the provisions which allows mi^b^^^si time to prepare defence re urns on the question of time allowed to the defendant to check out is alibi mrs browne-evans felt that the 7 days allowed was not enough time for witnesses to be check ed out tracked down and stories verified she contended that it defeated the purpose of justice if a person who is assumed innocent until proven guilty was not given sufficient time to have his defence pie scholarships ni ve sary truth of statement in 1969 government made a further step iu the direction of assisting bermudian students to obtain higher education they established 12 new uni versity scholarships to enable students who failed to win the bermuda scholarships but who could nevertheless benefit from a university education to ob tain such an education tt government expense the answer will depend ou tlie period winch sir henry tucker had in mind when lie made the statement did he mean the period be tween the last general elec tion when the c.b.p members were first elected as a politick party and the present lime if so i think that his state meui__x4u__u)t be successfully i challenged inasmuch as much of the activities connected with the advancement of both edu cation and sports were realty much in evidence during the past two years if he meant to include tlm time when during the 19t 1!Â»68 parliament the c.b.p functioned as a political party without first consulting th electorate who had placed them as parish represent atives iu the house of assembly then the statement may need som questioning no improvement at the moment i cannot think of any n irked iniprov nieiit made iu sports a subject which i may deal with iu an other article but i know that it was around that time iu 1963 that educational develop ment began to take shape in some areas at any rate it was in v.i-'.i that mr harold houghton arrived in bermuda to review the educa tional scene and make recom mendations for improvement lent of the system expert advice mr houghton who was au educational expert attached to the colonial office in england sent iu his report and recom mendations to the bermuda iovcriinient in 1.mj4 and the following year saw the passage through the legislature of lseveral extremely important jaj^^m wm www i w 2 vwhippiiij^^^miiitiiiu za m felt to i^^^^h^^^^i^^i.r ' l^njlj^mi^m itwmm^^^^a^^^^^^^w i the maiu stream of mieaero mtrtmmvof ttt-aert who Â«^ ,. f ""^^ r jl^'^muffi "^ fl v .;. j 1 thinking we would <â– ,â– >-<... m u , , ., ,|,,. iim . 8sal . v roinimffy of tf t f>ur<!wr .â€¢ l^b^b^b^b^b^b^b^b^bw w^i'^a w-wxw a atma wxxx^-a ah a^x a i mpmmr m^^m xg wwwxwxx 1 ' xj-xww hh wf ... izz-mw wt-vwwa f jtaw^-mmjm^i_m k dv j'lr-xxxxwwwwwwww â– tv rev cyril butterfield prtahmmg eider of the west distriet iinil pastor of st phillip's church will be re tiiriiiiij to st paul a.m.k cliiirch on sunday may ttx as_a^-ttm speaker at tin lootli una originally only one scholar ship was provided by govern ment that is the bermuda scholarship for boys this scholarship was established in 190 in onler to prepare ber iuudians to qualify for the rhodes scholarship which had been established the previous vear dihii inn un mw^_wwwwwb continued by^^kmiirmliamt we had a psycl^arist attached to our prisons hewould inform the members that no adult ap preciated being whipped in o doing she warned them that they were consequently turn ing loose upon society persou with added grievances riitÂ»t in fiitl prescribed time she wanted t.j know whether they were to be precluded from stating it be cause he was not able to jiro rloi-e il within the 7 day period she fefc that in so do ing we were taking away some of the basic rights of the per son the whole principle of this type of evidence was to prevent the person to stand trial if he was unable after having his alibi cheeked to prove that he was innocent bother than languishing in jail she felt tzhet justice would in better served by increasing the time to read a responsible time kev butterfield is^ireseii the only local resident minis ter who is a product of st paul a.m.k church and as such ihe cent cna ry coiimiir tcc felt it tttiag that for this special celehi-ilion they should bring hack his son of the church bev butterfield is thc son if â™¦ he la)e mr and mrs charles augustus his early education ceived ilis early education under miss matilda crawford and at the central school from central he went to berkeley on a packwood scholai-ship he graduated from there and travelled to wilheil'orce bachelor of divinity degree after gradu ating from payne he pastored for a while at bethel a.m.e church stroadsburg pa he returned to bermuda in 1991 as pastor of st phillip's a.m.k and since that time has pastored at st john's a.m.k and allen temple in bermuda at the 1969 annual con a second scholarship the bermuda technical educa tion scholarship was first awarded iu 1929 this scholar ship was established for the benefit of coloured boys who were apparently outside the pale of the bermuda scholar ship corporal punishment continuing mrs browne evans lamented the fact that bermuda always seemed so far behind in many areas and always had to wait for other more sensible countries before making abvious changes she mentioned that iu the 17 years of her practice as a criininil lawyer every time she had appealed a case involving the sentence of flogging the appeal court had removed the stipula tion involving whipping she felt that if ne.-essary the sen tence should be twelve months and/or a fine but not the bar baric practice of whipping it was a coloured m.c.p tha father of dr millard cann and the late dr kustace cann who was mainly responsible for the establishment of the new scholarship whicli was meant to provide a university educa tion as indeed it eventually did but was ostensibly intend ed to provide technical train mr dames pearman c.b.p disagreed with mrs browue kvans favouring the deiieuite time limit being set he was convinced that it did in fact serve justice he felt that giving the defei.ee 7 days from thc date of committal was fair and reasonable rev cyril butterfield ference he was appointed pre siding elder of the west district and returned om-e more as pastor of st phillip's which he held until leaving tq go abroad he has been very active in the boy scout's association a member af the management committee of the l.c.c.a acting chairman ti the cases committee â– charter mtmmes of the y.m.c.a ; a past presi dent and secretary of the bermuda ministerial associa tion : a irilstee of the principle rest home chaplain of the sea cadets and a representa tive from b-riuuda at the world council of christian kducation belfast ireland in 19til ing continued on page 4 bet butterfield was brought up in st paul a.m.k church having been converted at an early age dining his years u a growing developing chris tian youth he served in many areas in his church thus gain ing valuable experience and exposure whicli was to hoid hi 111 in good stead later iu his ministerial life during his development al st paul || u served as teacher assistant secretary and secretary of the sunday school â– position iu 19.7 the bermuda scholarship for girls came into existence five young berm'jdians to attend conference of the african heritage studies following the pattern of the two scholarships for boys the girls scholarships were award ed on racial lines that is to say on for a coloured girl and the other for a white girl howard university washington d.c is the host for the second annual conference of the african heritage studies association being held between may 1-3 african people \\ _ i t ij mors relevant scholarship to the interest and need of african m-oples themselves . . . in 19o8 the number of university scholarships was in creased from four to six and they were classified under the heading bermuda scholar ships according to the official re lease from thc programm committee the ssociation was founded bv black scholars in the fall of lfÂ»68 and fully launched a year later as ait vehicles for the continued ex ploitation of african peoples by kuropean peoples in various parts of the world conference theme five bermudians to attend he is married to the former miss helen wilkinson and has t h r e e sons sheridan in ieorgetown ontario canada trenton and lovell of ber muda reforms , including the grant ing of free education lo secondary school pupils the extension of the compulsory atteiidance age from 1:1 to 16 the expansion of the school building programme to a marked degree the abolition of such discriminatory terms as vested and non-vested and the racial barriers they created and the integration of the races in the schools in the following year 1966 further reforms including a reorganization of the second ary schools were passed by the legislature five young bermudian . members of the black stu dents association and the progressive labour party s vouth wing h.ive already left thc island to attend the conference as delegates from bermuda the programme for the conference will include panel discussions on the fol lowing topics n'ew perspec tives ou the history of african peoples redefining the kconoinic potentials and prob lems of africans and african peoples in america ; the sev africaiiism in political per spective the african cultural heritage reappraised artistic achievements id africans in africa and of african peoples iu diaspora black studies and the struggle for black edu cation earl cameron based on merit most important was the change which required the awarding of the scholarships to be based on merit without regard to the race or the sex of the applicants the hon e t richards was responsible for this change organization that would active ly promote the study of africa and the herita-re of africa by peoples of african origin tlm release continues the associa tion was founded against the background of continuous ex clusion of blacks from full and equal participation iu various projects and pro grammes relating to the study of african peoples the asso ciation's position on these matters was strongly outlined last year at the meeting of the african studies association ii montreal the association condemned the existence f organizations that they feel purport to study africa but who in their opinion are the theme of the forth coming ahsa conference will be africanism towards a new definition this them was chosen to underscore the point that the siudy of african peoples whether they be on the mother continent or in diaspora t li r n u g h o u t tit world should constitute a single body of scholarship further it signifies according to the official release that we intend to use history as a force for liberation and a basis for unity among african peoples throughout th world it is hoped that as a result of the conference a programme can be arrived at to replaee european-oriented studies of arrives 0o0 bermuda born actor bar cameron arrived in bermuda yesterday afternoon to assist the festival drama committee in their search to till the si t originally reserved for othelri iu the summer festival sched ule p.t.b.-b.i.u reach agreement during the first week of last month i read the list of winners of various scholarships awarded by the government and one of them showed that all of the six winners of the bermuda scholarships were boys and also that five of them belonged to the white one a collective agreement was reached this week between the i'ublic transportation board and the bus operators and allied workers division of the bermuda industrial i'nion the plan is o hold a series of weekend meetings at which time various plays and a new professional director will e considered the agreement is for a period of not less than two vears and provides for in creased wage rates and work ing conditions both partus expressed satisfaction on the conclusion of the agreement bursaries iu 1966 also government established bursaries to enable bberniudians to p r e p a r c for higher positions in the civil service so far 12 bur saries have been awarded this is not the usual pattern nevertheless it would he true i think to say that since 1958 many more white than coloured mr amcron will also b appearing on zfb's telescope on sunday night to discuss his participation io the bermuda summer festival continued on page 6 for best purity presifted flour

mw-fsbbbbbsfma ______Â«^_______________=&. seyemt m s permttba ju ecorber w hunt for the best . â€”^ published wee l price 15 cents volume 46 hamilton bermuda saturday may 2 1970 no legal experts house scrutinize criminal justice act a-7*r.?iai____wm^m â– â– afsi isw li 3a^v . * i | u--u_)if ilypli hffl^jflm jjjirfir â„¢â„¢ "â„¢- _________ l_i y r"|_____*i â– t^^h v t m pi ii ww '* nb dlmteih^tifl i^mh shl!j i ft / iy 1 fcau jfelm ehfc - mmb^^^^^^-wm wwma wwaje j^b mb____________^z2 k x n m>i^'^aw^^^^^am^ww\wwwwwww\ww : â– 'â– *< *** _____________________ ajjjjp â– *Â¥â€¢Â»... -: . ttf ir a a x-l-wxt-xsmmxmmxx s vmawitm * asap 1 . , ir uiul^^mkitt fl________s______n â– â– â– â– < jw"^^b h^^b x,^_______________________w wmasmwmc ' Â»â– ' | *" 1 ' â– : h|(ik |^^^^â„¢ w p'w'li h iftw ph^bbmi ji ' ll_l_______t^^i^^e^^^hi bf wr f imyw^^^^b hk^b h '!â€¢? k 'â– â€¢ wf xx-x-x-w-xx-z m >^ | m | 1 p^^-^bb bbh/i^^h a g|^^^^^^^^jmsmt spotlight on education in by v f scott one of the comments which i heard on th9 public address delivered recently by sir henry tucker cast doubt on the accuracy of the statement that much had been done by tha government in the areas of education and sports there is no doubt whatever that those two nreas of govern ment responsibility have been denied tlm attention and interest line com-b j/.cns ill rl.llllr'-llollb criminal lawyers of the house of assembly gave a detailed examination of bermuda's criminal justice act during the debate on the amendments to be made at one point in the discussion one felt that they were witness to a lawyers conven tion as one after another the various legal minds subjected the entire code to a thoroug ii^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^b over a three years earlier that is iu 196:1 government had decided to make loaus avail able to bermudians who need ed help jn order to begin or to complete professional studies iu such areas as medicine law and dentistry further she felt that the whole practice of preventive detention was made ineffi ti\v ly by the practice of whip ping rather mrs browne evans believe.l that it was more important to show to the person concerned that th authorities were more interest ed iu liberalizing the law that they were not looking for revenge but rather sincerely trying to help i with education in particular over a long period was an indication of the inattention and disinterest manifested by government [ myself have been considered to be an educational eni.e the bill was introduced bv the hon david wilkinson who proceeded to elaborate upon tbe many changes which in his opinion he felt to be rather encouraging he explained that many of the proposed amend ments were being put forward in order to bring bermuda criminal code in line with that of the urited kingdom 4 cp to the present time as many as t_7t students have re ceived such loans whieh are made free from interest and which carry no particular time limit for repayment this is not the case iu all countries where loan schemes are iu operation this was the scene during the early hours of wednesday morning after the car driven by cecil robinson had bounced off the kerb into a wall finally coming to rest upside down in the church yard in warwick the accident occurred when one of the rear tyres of mr robinson's the inattention and dis interest were much more pro nounced in sport but ifs edu cation is the more important of the two services much more was said on that subject how much truth is there in the government leader's statement .' car was punctured mr robin on was unhurt son of st as speaker paul a.m at 100th a i not far enough opposition p.l.p leader mrs lois browne-evans her self a criminal lawyer felt that the changes did not ga tar enough she explained that bermuda now had a new con stitution which provided guide lines against t ruelty to per sons however she stated wc are leaving in certain codes in the provisions which allows mi^b^^^si time to prepare defence re urns on the question of time allowed to the defendant to check out is alibi mrs browne-evans felt that the 7 days allowed was not enough time for witnesses to be check ed out tracked down and stories verified she contended that it defeated the purpose of justice if a person who is assumed innocent until proven guilty was not given sufficient time to have his defence pie scholarships ni ve sary truth of statement in 1969 government made a further step iu the direction of assisting bermudian students to obtain higher education they established 12 new uni versity scholarships to enable students who failed to win the bermuda scholarships but who could nevertheless benefit from a university education to ob tain such an education tt government expense the answer will depend ou tlie period winch sir henry tucker had in mind when lie made the statement did he mean the period be tween the last general elec tion when the c.b.p members were first elected as a politick party and the present lime if so i think that his state meui__x4u__u)t be successfully i challenged inasmuch as much of the activities connected with the advancement of both edu cation and sports were realty much in evidence during the past two years if he meant to include tlm time when during the 19t 1!Â»68 parliament the c.b.p functioned as a political party without first consulting th electorate who had placed them as parish represent atives iu the house of assembly then the statement may need som questioning no improvement at the moment i cannot think of any n irked iniprov nieiit made iu sports a subject which i may deal with iu an other article but i know that it was around that time iu 1963 that educational develop ment began to take shape in some areas at any rate it was in v.i-'.i that mr harold houghton arrived in bermuda to review the educa tional scene and make recom mendations for improvement lent of the system expert advice mr houghton who was au educational expert attached to the colonial office in england sent iu his report and recom mendations to the bermuda iovcriinient in 1.mj4 and the following year saw the passage through the legislature of lseveral extremely important jaj^^m wm www i w 2 vwhippiiij^^^miiitiiiu za m felt to i^^^^h^^^^i^^i.r ' l^njlj^mi^m itwmm^^^^a^^^^^^^w i the maiu stream of mieaero mtrtmmvof ttt-aert who Â«^ ,. f ""^^ r jl^'^muffi "^ fl v .;. j 1 thinking we would -ur